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men in the collection from Bardstown, shot on October 22, 1881, by 

 C. W. Beckham. An adult male from Brownsville has red tips on 

 three of the rectrices. 



Family LANIIDAE 



LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS MIGRANS Palmer: Migrant Shrike 



The five specimens at hand, all taken in fall, come from the follow- 

 ing localities: Sacramento, October 25; Princeton, November 5; 

 Brownsville, November 12; and Lexington, November 21, 1898 (col- 

 lected by E. A. Mearns) . 



Family STURNIDAE 



STURNUS VULGARIS VULGARIS Linnaeus: Starling 



The aggressive starling was taken at Uniontown on May 10 (young 

 in Juvenal plumage) and 13, Brandenburg on April 29, and Monti- 

 cello on June 4. A flock was seen near Middlesboro on September 29. 



Family VIREONIDAE 



VIREO GRISEUS GRISEUS (Boddaert) : White-eyed Vireo 



Specimens were obtained as follows: Hickman, May 25 and 26; 

 Waverly, May 9; Brandenburg, April 22 and 30; Monticello, June 10 

 and 11 ; Mount Vernon, October 4 ; and Middlesboro, September 19. A 

 young bird just from the nest was taken near Hickman on May 25 and 

 another a little older but still in juvenal plumage at Quincy on July 11. 



There have been three recent proposals with regard to geographic 

 races in this species in that part of its range included in the Eastern 

 United States. Ridgway ^ recognized two subspecies, one from the 

 Florida Keys and the coast district of the Florida Peninsula north to 

 Tarpen Springs and Anastasia Island, and another ranging as a breed- 

 ing bird throughout the Eastern United States to the northward west 

 to the Great Plains. Todd" considered that the southern race ex- 

 tended from southern Florida north to South Carolina and through 

 the Gulf States to Louisiana, with the northern form ranging else- 

 where to the northward. Oberholser" recognized three forms, in- 

 cluding the two proposed by Todd, with the addition that he differen- 

 tiates also the one from extreme southern Florida accepted by Ridgway. 



On examination of considerable material it is my conclusion that 

 the treatment proposed by Mr. Ridgway is the one that is most logical. 



9U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 3, 1904, pp. 183-186. 



» Wilson Bull., 1926, pp. 222-223. 



" Louisiana Dept. Cons. Bull. 28, 1938, pp. 502-503. 



